Oh the power of food

happy Friday my friends! I hope everyone is gearing up for this Halloween weekend! Gabi was only 16 weeks last year so we really didn’t do much but this year she has a quasi costume and we’ll walk our little neighborhood of 10 houses for some candy and then call it a day. The husband and I have a symphony date night at the new Lufthansa hangar and big papa (aka as my father) will have babysitting duties. But more on that later. I promise!

Gabi has been fighting a cold this week so her sleep over the last few days have ranged from freaking awesome to Seriously. Go. To. Sleep. Last night was not a good one as she insisted in 1. Being cuddled in our bed (the husband is on nights do it was just her and me) and 2. Staying wide ass awake from 1am to 2.30am. So I got lots of facebook article reading done. And one of those was this fascinating article from the NY Times about this amazing lady who has been chronicling food, recipes, kitchen tools…anything from the medieval times to now. Mind you, this is still a work in progress and not very accessible to the masses (I don’t think) but it just sounds amazing!

Basically the premise is to show why certain foods/recipes were created at that particular moment in history and what it says about that time. Which got me to wondering (and we can so piggy back this to the ‘ I wonder Wednesday’ that I missed) how so right on this brilliant woman is because food is such a huge part of our everyday lives. There’s a reason why we cook what we cook and why we don’t. And to chronicle it over a multitude of centuries, I think, sheds light on how we’ve evolved (or in some instances devolved. Is that a word?)

I know food is a huge part of my life and I’d like to think that certain dishes tell a story of where I came from, how I started, and where I want to go. I remember arroz con pollo and scrambled eggs with tuna growing up in my parents house; one of the best steaks I’ve ever had at a midnight dinner in St. Louis; pot luck dinners with my amazing friends in St. Louis and Phoenix; amazing steamed clams in Key West when the husband and I went for our honeymoon; fresh caught spiny lobsters from the depths of Puerto Rico grilled to perfection. These experiences are marked just as importantly as to WHAT we ate as to WHO we at them with and WHERE we ate them.

our lil Linger Longer in the big blue waters of the Keys

spiny lobster. you’re not a cook until you’ve dispatched one, or a few of these. im just sayin. 😉

Food united people. Food is that universal language. Food feeds the soul.

steamed clams with butter and bacon and raw oysters on the half shell. finally they’ve come to Puerto Rico!

So I’ll be back focusing on food and the joy it brings to our little world.

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3 thoughts on “Oh the power of food”

You are so right that food is a big part of our lives and unites us. Different food with different cultures. Interesting about the lady chronicling how recipes came about and what era. I hope Gabi feels better soon…it is always a bit heart breaking when your children are sick. Happy Halloween!

Hi Laura. Sorry I completely missed this comment. Lyles, the hangar has been operational for about a month or so. The husband said they’ve already been working on at least 6 airplanes. We didn’t end up going on Saturday because we wanted to do trick or treating with la nena. I heard about the concert on Facebook on the PR west-enders page that I follow. Not sure of any other events planned. 😉